An owl was cause for alarm. The greyhound puppy even more so. Yet they were waiting expectantly.
"Weom!" Minako-kitty complained as she managed to trip and fall on her face. So much feline grace.
Ami remembered that her owner, Ranma, had found her in a trashcan - one of several kittens tossed out like so much garbage. She had survived long enough for the little boy with no friends to latch onto her and bring her back to health.
She also remembered now that she was Ami Mizuno, aka Sailor Mercury, trapped in her own past where she'd been reincarnated not as a girl but as a kitten.
The puppy wuffed and scratched out "Haruka."
The owl screeked and scratched out "Setsuna."
The names "Ami" "Minako" and "Hotaru" were quickly scratched out in front of their respective kitties.
"Stupid boy, you should have learned the Catfist!" Smack! Whap! "How many times do I have to teach you..." Genma's voice trailed off as he noticed the glares from the animals and that they had scratched mainly legible Japanese out in front of themselves. Leaving off discipline of the whimpering disappointment, Genma walked over to take a better look. Names?!
Genma was incredibly foolish. Not incredibly stupid - when he actually applied his intelligence he was capable of putting things together. Unfortunately with his low Wisdom score, it was rare that his higher functions saw action.
He was Japanese and had been raised in a fairly traditionalist household. While he had rebelled against the strictness and work ethic (among other things) he had not avoided some of the legends and myths and folktales of Japan.
There were plenty of stories dealing with enchanted beasts, shikigami, dogs who sacrificed themselves for their master, and so on. Clearly that was what he was dealing with here. Which might mean that Ranma was meant to accomplish one of those Epic Destiny things.
Meanwhile, the owl had scratched out "Stay with boy. Cure." The kanji being instantly grasped by some of the beasts and one somehow conveyed the very picture of feline confusion.
How to handle this. That was Genma's decision.
After a few moments of watching this, and hearing the gasp from his son as he managed to stagger up and observe this, Genma decided:
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